Re: This could be today instead of the past
"And daily he grew more unpopular with the people, who, disagreeing with him, still held him in awe, while they despised the Congress"
TR,
Maybe you missed my point. As the quote pasted above shows, the former president became very unpopular with the people but, even tho he had a low approval rating, his rating was and is higher that the congress of the US..
FC